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Today's News

  • Stevens leaves private practice to join prosecutor

    Kingston attorney Terry L. Stevens II has joined the staff of District Attorney General Russell Johnson as an assistant district attorney.

    Stevens was sworn in at a ceremony by Criminal Court Judge E. Eugene Eblen.

    The number of assistant district attorneys in the 9th Judicial District had not grown since the 1990s, when Charles Hawk was in office.

    It took lobbying by Johnson to create the position that Stevens filled.

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  • Five from Roane advance to region tourney

     

    The District 3 A/AA Golf Tournament was held Monday at Ruggles Ferry Golf Club in Strawberry Plains.

    The tournament would be dominated by Grace Christian Academy as the Rams and Lady Rams took home both the team and individual championships.

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  • Oliver Springs Cheer Camp
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  • Edwards records hole-in-one
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  • BOW workshop set for Oct. 4-6

     

    The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host the first Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) Extreme Workshop Oct. 4-6 at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

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  • Cherokee suffers first loss

     

    The Cherokee Middle School Yellow Jackets took their lumps Thursday night in a 44-8 defeat by the Robertsville Middle School Rams. 

    It didn't take long for Robertsville to score, taking two plays to cover 84 yards with Tre Jackson scoring from 70 yards out. 

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  • Kelly leads OSMS past Harriman, 42-16

     

    The Oliver Springs Middle School Bobcats played their first game without team captain Landon Everett Thursday night and the result was a convincing 42-16 victory over Harriman at D.J. Brittan Field.

    Everett was injured the week before and Bobcat head coach Larry Green said the team wanted to play well for their sidelined leader.

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  • Grandsparents celebrated at Midtown Elementary

      Extra smiles and giggles filled Midtown Elementary’s cafeteria last week as grandparents enjoyed lunch with their grandchildren to celebrate Grandparents Day.
       “This is a big day for us,” Kendra Inman, principal at Midtown, said “The children have been so excited and looking forward to it.”
       Quentin Kolski, fifth grader, enjoyed a Thanksgiving style lunch with his Nana and Papaw Tuesday.
       This was Frank and Pat Kolski’s first time visiting Quentin’s school.

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  • Prescriptions for cold meds won’t prompt drug cartels, DA insists

    A scare tactic, or a legitimate concern?
    That’s part of the debate surrounding law enforcement’s effort to make people get a prescription to buy medicines containing pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

    Carlos Gutierrez, senior director of state government affairs for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, said violent Mexican drug cartels are one of the repercussions of prescription-only pseudoephedrine laws.  

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  • Mayor eyes change to ‘pass’ vote

    Potential changes to the Rockwood City Charter will be discussed by city officials this week.
    “We aren’t talking about a great deal of changes, per se,” said Mayor James Watts.
    “What we are looking at, as you know, we changed our election date. Our charter says our election will be held in June. That kind of thing.”
    The Rockwood City Council workshop on the charter will begin at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 19, in Rockwood City Hall.

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